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FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, NPR’S SCIENCE FRIDAY, THE WASHINGTON POST, AND SCIENCE MAGAZINE  A “brilliant account of a 21st century real-life fantasy” (Sir Brian May) of space exploration and a lesson in fragility in the quest to return an asteroid sample and unlock the mystery of form... Read More about The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist’s Journey to the Dawn of our Solar System

Planet formation studies uniquely benefit from three disciplines: astronomical observations of extrasolar planet-forming disks, analysis of material from the early Solar System, and laboratory astrophysics experiments. Pre-planetary solids, fine dust, and chondritic components are central elements l... Read More about Protoplanetary Dust: Astrophysical and Cosmochemical Perspectives (Cambridge Planetary Science)

Bennu, named for the ancient Egyptian phoenix, was the chosen destination of OSIRIS-REx, NASA’s premier mission of asteroid exploration, launched in 2016. Study of the asteroid is important in safeguarding the future of planet Earth, but Bennu is also a time capsule from the dawn of our Solar System... Read More about Bennu 3-D: Anatomy of an Asteroid

They range in size from microscopic particles to masses of many tons. The geologic diversity of asteroids and other rocky bodies of the solar system are displayed in the enormous variety of textures and mineralogies observed in meteorites. The composition, chemistry, and mineralogy of primitive mete... Read More about Meteorites and the Early Solar System II (The University of Arizona Space Science Series)

Planet formation studies uniquely benefit from three disciplines: astronomical observations of extrasolar planet-forming disks, analysis of material from the early Solar System, and laboratory astrophysics experiments. Pre-planetary solids, fine dust, and chondritic components are central elements l... Read More about Protoplanetary Dust: Astrophysical and Cosmochemical Perspectives (Cambridge Planetary Science #12)

A "captivating, behind-the-scenes account" of NASA's historic OSIRIS-REx mission to return an asteroid sample and unlock the mystery of formation on life on earth braided with the remarkable life story of the mission's leader, Dr. Dante Lauretta (Sara Seager). On September 11, 1999, humanity made ... Read More about The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist's Journey to the Dawn of Our Solar System